New England budget 10.29.08

Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com.

cbiondi@gatehousemedia.com

Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com. Please submit stories below no later than 6 p.m. local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly. Questions?

Contact: Chris Biondi, (508) 626-4343, cbiondi@gatehousemedia.com

At ghnewsroom.com:

TOM SUDORE: HALLOWEEN VIDEO: SHOOTING TIPS - Shooting Halloween events can be more of a trick than a treat, particularly if events are held in low-lit arenas or worse – outside at night. Here are some tips for producing in lowlight situations.

News

TAUNTON TROOPS SENDOFF - Area soldiers from the 772nd Military Police Company – scheduled for a yearlong deployment to Iraq – get a sweet sendoff this morning on the Taunton Green. Dignitaries like Gov. Patrick and Sen. John Kerry expected to attend.
Taunton, Tuoti, 7 p.m.
With photos and sidebar

DENNIS THE MANATEE IS NOT FORGOTTEN - An enormous package containing a life-size stuffed manatee arrived in Dennis selectmen’s office Monday, along with a letter and proclamation from the 40,000-member, Florida-based Save the Manatee Club, founded in 1989 by singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffet and former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham.
The Register, Muller, on wire now
With photo

'HOPE' ARTIST SPRINKLES MURALS AROUND HARVARD SQUARE - In a trip back to Boston, Shepard Fairey could still find the stickers he made as a college student pasted onto abandoned buildings and street signs. Nowadays, his artwork is a little easier to find. Earlier this month, Fairey – a 38-year-old Los Angeles-based contemporary artist and illustrator who’s behind the widespread “Hope” poster of Barack Obama – brought his guerilla-style murals to Harvard Square.
Cambridge Chronicle/TAB, Fennimore, on wire now
With photo

OROZCO, BROWN RACE TO STATE HOUSE - With Election Day quickly closing in, the state Senate campaigns of Orozco, D-Needham, and incumbent Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, are eying the home stretch, with Orozco’s campaign finalizing its Election Day strategy and Brown staying the course.
CNC, Ryan, on wire now
With photos

GREENBUSH LINE STILL TRYING TO WIN HEARTS ON SOUTH SHORE - One year after the Greenbush line made its debut on the South Shore, the commuter rail line still seems to be struggling to gain a foothold.
Ledger, Mann, on wire now
With photos

PHOTO: FALLEN FOLIAGE - There’s autumn color in the trees and on the ground in the Hanover Center Cemetery.
Ledger, on wire now

EDITORIAL: BARNEY FOR CONGRESS: What we have seen in recent years is the emergence of Frank as a leading market-side pragmatist and authority on the nation’s economy and some one who has found his sense of place and security in deal ing with one-time political combatants. 16''
Ledger, 7 p.m.

EDITORIAL: QUESTION 3: INDUSTRY FATE SHOULD NOT BE BY BALLOT - Dog racing may be a dying industry, but voters should not be the ones to put it out of business. That should be the choice of consumers.
Ledger, on wire now

FRANK MULLIGAN: SPEAK, BOY! SPEAK! - (Editor’s note: The greyhound interviewed in the following column is not using his real name for fear of reprisal.) Frank: We feel very fortunate to have this opportunity to interview some … er, some … one, um, an active player, a fellow mammal if you will, who is forced to battle down in the trenches of greyhound racing at the state’s two tracks and speed toward an arbitrary finish line determined by his hominid handlers. Supa Socks: Well, odd mixed-metaphor aside, yes, I am involved in greyhound racing as an actual participant.
CNC, on wire now

DAN MAC ALPINE: WEALTH, THE ONE THING THAT DEFIES GRAVITY - Senior editor Dan Mac Alpine examines the numbers to see if trickle-down economics has delivered on its promise of improving living standards for everyone by cutting taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
CNC, on wire now

GO ASK ALICE: WATER TORTURE, AKA, THE WORLD SERIES - According to my husband, who is rooting for the Phillies now that the Red Sox are playing golf, and to support his crazed-sports-fan-from-Philly wife, there are about 10 people watching the World Series; Jamie Moyer’s seven children, the two of us, and baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, who staged a new musical production in Philadelphia Monday night called “Swinging in the Rain.”
CNC, on wire now

EDITORIAL: JOHN KERRY FOR SENATE - John F. Kerry has served Massachusetts in the United States Senate for 24 years which, for some people, is more than enough. Some people think that in politics, as in professional sports, playing for too many years diminishes the skills of even the brightest star. But that is a case to be made, not assumed, and we've seen no evidence that Kerry is any less effective a senator than when we last
MetroWest, on wire now

DEIRDRE REILLY: In the wake of the election, if your candidate wins, be cool, don't gloat.
CNC, on wire now

EDITORIAL: VOTE NO ON QUESTION 1 - Nobody likes to pay taxes. Nobody enjoys opening his paycheck and seeing how much money is being redirected from his checking account into federal and state coffers. Nobody likes being mocked by her gross income, looking down the list of deductions and landing on the disappointing net pay.
Herald News, on wire now

EDITORIAL: QUESTION 2: A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM – Question 2 just goes too far for an activity that affects, by even supporters best estimates, roughly 12 percent of the state’s residents. As one district attorney rightfully said, it is a solution in search of a problem.
Ledger, on wire now

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GETAWAY: RUM AND MORE 'YO HO' ON BARBADOS - A Barbados legend insists when Englishmen partook of the brownish beverage concocted from molasses - a by-product of sugar-making - they became boisterous, bawdy and even unruly or rumbustious.

IN NEW ENGLAND: WALK TO SAVE THE TURTLES ON CAPE COD - A long walk on a deserted Cape Cod beach is a nice pastime. And in late November and early December while you walk you may also be able to help save an endangered species.

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THE BEER NUT: 'THE BEER BOOK' PROVES TO BE A PERFECT DRINKING COMPANION - But, "The Beer Book" (from DK Publishing) is a fantastic way for someone to demystify the world of beer. The 352-page book features 1,200 photos, discusses beers from 800 breweries and features more than 1,700 different beers from several different countries.
MetroWest, Miller, on wire now

VEGETARIAN FOOD FESTIVAL IS SUNDAY - There's a wide variety of food choices for vegetarians beyond tofu and sprouts, and the Vegetarian Food Festival showcases many of these foods.
Ledger, Feinberg, on wire now

VIDEO: GET FRESH PASTA JUST LIKE GRANDMA USED TO MAKE AT NONNI'S - As the dough mutates from a lump of eggs and flour into a thin sheet of ivory pasta, it really is amore. “It’s the way my grandmother used to do it,” said Phil DeDucca, owner of Nonni’s Kitchen and Pasta Shop with wife Cheryl at 1154 Stafford Road in Tiverton.
Herald News, Allard, on wire now
With video and photos

BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 20TH SEASON - Boston Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 20th season with stars, universal themes and edgy issues.
Ledger, Feinberg, on wire now

FRANKIE AVALON BRINGS HIS HITS TO BROOKLINE FOR FUNDRAISER - Don’t expect to hear any songs that were written in the past 40 years when Frankie Avalon takes the stage at the annual Barry Price Center fundraiser this weekend in Brookline. The former teen idol still prefers the old over the new.
CNC, Symkus, on wire now
With photo to come